plattopus Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 Rugby was indeed 'invented' in England, when a pupil at Rugby school (a happy coincidence there!) called William Webb Ellis picked up a soccer ball, and ran with it Ah, hence the World Cup trophy's name? I always wondered who Webb Ellis was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_cynic Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 HA HA Utah Jazz Retired Number's#1 - Frank Layden - #7 Pete Maravich - #12 John Stockton - #14 Jeff Hornacek - #35 Darrell Griffith - #53 Mark EatonRetired Number's To Come#00 The Bear (Best Mascot In NBA) - #4 Adrian Dantley - #32 Karl "The Mailman" Malone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintsfan Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 Rugby was indeed 'invented' in England, when a pupil at Rugby school (a happy coincidence there!) called William Webb Ellis picked up a soccer ball, and ran with it Ah, hence the World Cup trophy's name? I always wondered who Webb Ellis was. absolutely! Now all I need to find out is who this stanley bloke was!!!!! 2011/12 WFL Champions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-kj Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 absolutely! Now all I need to find out is who this stanley bloke was!!!!! http://nhl.com/hockeyu/history/cup/cup.html Buy some t-shirts and stuff at KJ Shop! KJ Branded | Behance portfolio POTD 2013-08-22 On 7/14/2012 at 2:20 AM, tajmccall said: When it comes to style, ya'll really should listen to Kev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintsfan Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 absolutely! Now all I need to find out is who this stanley bloke was!!!!! http://nhl.com/hockeyu/history/cup/cup.html So it wasn't named after Stan Laurel then!! 2011/12 WFL Champions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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